Recounting my experience as a purpose-driven entrepreneur, my story provides a blueprint for using entrepreneurship to make the world better. I’m very excited to announce that my book, Bag Lady: How I Started a Business for a Greener World and Changed the Way America Shops, will be released on Earth Day, April 22, 2022. Those of you who have known me for a while, may remember me in my previous career as a leading supplier of reusable bags in the…
Improving emotional intelligence is the key to getting work done through other people The job of every manager is to get work done through other people. How you manage your team members creates the difference between average results and high performance. Unmotivated people do their job because they have to. Motivated people go above and beyond because they want to. When that happens, even ambitious goals become reachable. If you create the conditions to inspire your team to direct all…
EQ training is a tactical advantage for improving performance up and down the company structure. Leaders Trained in Emotional Intelligence Are the Basis for High Performing Teams What benefits your company more: focusing on numbers or focusing on people? Successful companies are finding that financial performance comes from a people centered approach, in other words, based on emotional intelligence. If that sounds expensive, just think: what is the cost of not focusing on your people? Increasingly, companies that make the…
Good leadership is about finding your signature leadership style, a way of doing things that will have a lasting impact based on your unique signature leadership values. When your leadership is rooted in enduring human values, you begin to create a leadership style that will create a legacy.
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to be aware emotions and to use emotional information strategically to make better decisions. People who build those skills make better decisions, develop more fulfilling relationships, and are more effective as leaders.